Originally posted by DREDIOCK
And how many children have you heard about that died from toothpaste lately?
the number is so rediculously small that it makes it an acceptable risk.
I am curious though. Which TV show did you see allthis on that suddenly perked your concern over all this?
I have not heard of any children dying of toothpaste poisoning. They problem is long term health effects, so we wouldnt hear of childrin dying of toothpawte poisoning. We would be wondering why there are so many ADD cases, alzhiemers on the rise, cancer is soon to be the number 1 killer in adults, 1 in 2 adult males will get cancer. Sure fluoride is not soley responsible, but does it contribute? Like you say, I make my choice. I am fluoirde free except for my toothpaste, and you cant find a fluoirde less toothpaste at the store. And you make yours. We are both ahppy with that decision.
Like I said, there is a difference between acceptable and neccesary risks. To get the full benefit of fluoride, if there is any, you need not DRINK it. Therefore, to put it in DRINKING water, 99.5% of which is going down the drain is at least inefficient to the point of stupidity, as well as unnecessary.
I didnt get this from a tv show, I was working with a group of disabled kids for the church picnic, after lunch they all were suppose to brush thier teeth, a harmless activity for a mentally disabled child eh? Half of them were putting globs of paste on thier toothbrush and using the thing like a lollipop, luckily, i thought the danger was one of them falling and jamming it down thier throats, so I had them put them away. Thats when I saw the poison control warning on the back of the tube. If you want to know the truth about fluoride, call poison control and tell them your 3 year old may have swallowed half a tube of toothpaste.
So i answered your questions, can you answer mine? Can you think of a 'better safe than sorry' way to get fluoride to the teeth than injecting it in water? or is that the only alternative?
